Living with people you don’t know is not unusual per se. In London, insane rent and a constant influx of...
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Throwing money away is the last thing anyone would willingly do. But that’s exactly what millions of us do every...
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This cartoon is part of a series of graphic strips by Steve Bee, author of the Pension Guru cartoons. Join Emma and...
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The buffoonery taking place in the House of Commons this week convinces me that it is time for our nation’s...
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You can’t know someone until you live with them
Living with people you don’t know is not unusual per se. In London, insane rent and a constant influx of new people make it an inevitability for many. This was the case for me. I am very lucky to know friends all over my beloved city. But I spent much of my early twenties broke…
Are you due free cash?
Throwing money away is the last thing anyone would willingly do. But that’s exactly what millions of us do every year by failing to claim what’s rightfully ours in compensation, rewards, tax breaks and giveaways. There’s plenty of cash up for grabs – you just need to know where to look and how to claim.…
Emma Leaven and the Brexit block out!
This cartoon is part of a series of graphic strips by Steve Bee, author of the Pension Guru cartoons. Join Emma and her family as they muddle through life puzzling over any-and-all things personal finance.
I call on 18-year-olds to rise up and stage a coup
The buffoonery taking place in the House of Commons this week convinces me that it is time for our nation’s 18-year-olds to rise up and storm Parliament. I mean, seriously, scenes involving Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay speaking in favour of a motion one minute – indeed, wrapping up a whole debate about it with his…
Gender inequality is rife and always has been – but women need to help eradicate it
Today is International Women’s Day and, boy, do we need one. I am spending the day counting how many times a man says – or tweets – the phrase “why don’t we have an international men’s day?”. You know the type – no such thing as a gender pay gap, women always favoured by family…
Emma Leaven and the green, green road tax
This cartoon is part of a series of graphic strips by Steve Bee, author of the Pension Guru cartoons. Join Emma and her family as they muddle through life puzzling over any-and-all things personal finance.
Why I think the “FIRE Movement” for financial independence is unrealistic
As a blogger I read a lot of online posts and articles about personal finance. A newish trend that has popped up a lot is people writing about financial independence, the FIRE movement. FIRE = financially independent retire early. There are many stories of people who have built up enough savings/investments to generate passive income…
The rise of investing for good – putting your money where your morals are
Everyone needs savings. The all-important rainy day fund is still a must. But once it reaches a healthy size – enough to cover essential outgoings for around six months – it’s right to start thinking about how to make savings work harder. That means investing it. Investments are for the long-term – years into the future. How…
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Is influencer marketing immoral? Confessions of an insider
It’s a dreary Tuesday evening and I’m sat on the sofa eating a ready-meal mac ’n’ cheese, watching ‘The One with Ross’s Sandwich’ for the tenth time. I flick through Instagram and watch my favourite influencer ‘unboxing’ the three free parcels she’s been sent today. One by one, she shows off her new jade face…
